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  • Image: Garden Springtails 1
    Credit: E.C. Burkness, University of Minnesota
  • Image: Garden Springtails 2

    Credit: E.C. Burkness, University of Minnesota

  • Image: Garden Springtails 3

    Credit: E.C. Burkness, University of Minnesota

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green arrowGarden Springtails
Bourltiella hortensis

  • Springtails feed on cotyledons resulting in small holes and surface scarring on the leaves
  • Very tiny (< 1/100 of an inch)
  • Usually seen early in the season (May through June)
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  • Image: Striped Cucumber Beetle 1
    Credit: E.C. Burkness, University of Minnesota
  • Image: Striped Cucumber Beetle 2

    Credit: E.C. Burkness, University of Minnesota

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    Credit: E.C. Burkness, University of Minnesota

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green arrowStriped Cucumber Beetle
Acalymma vittatum

  • Beetles feed on leaves and can completely defoliate a plant
  • Shows a preference to cucumbers, certain varieties of winter squash, and zucchini
  • Vectors bacterial wilt
  • Feeds on flowers and directly on fruit, causing scarring
  • Adult is yellow-green in color, about 1/4 inch long, and marked by three black stripes
  • Active from June through September
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